Write a diary entry from your favorite Disney Villain’s perspective. What did the Evil Queen think of the soup today? How’d she react when a nearby kingdom had their brat prince over for a visit? You decide.Â
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Write a diary entry from your favorite Disney Villain’s perspective. What did the Evil Queen think of the soup today? How’d she react when a nearby kingdom had their brat prince over for a visit? You decide.Â
The prompt
Dear diary,
Pan found three new children to bring back with him to Neverland. One of these days, one of them is going to get hurt, and they’re all going to come crying to me as the only sane adult in this place. I have to get these kids out before some stunt he tries to pull kills one of them. But one of the kids he brought back this time was a girl. Maybe Peter’s finally growing up. Looking for a, uh… partner, rather than a stooge.
Tinkerbell isn’t taking the new addition well. Predictably, she came to me to kill Peter in her jealousy. Which seems drastic, but if I can figure out where he’s hiding those kids he’s captured, I can get them away while he’s distracted and maybe plant a diversion that will let us get to safety. The pixie is being more than cooperative. She’s so jealous. He’s got her wrapped around his finger, the poor girl. I don’t know how she thought a relationship with him would work, but she seems like she resents Peter for finding a female of his own species. Well, a species similar to his, anyway. And yet he’s leading her on like the two of them could ever make it work. I pity her for believing it.
It’s been a little while since I’ve seen the crocodile. Perhaps it’s found a new victim to torment. But I can’t let my guard down. It has me exactly where it wants me. Someone PLEASE find that dinosaur a hobby. What does it do besides hunt me? It certainly looks well-fed enough. I wonder if the mermaids have been feeding it. I wonder if it’s feeding on the mermaids.
Love,
James
For my next writing assignment I choose a Dear Diary with my favorite Disney Villain. It is labeled at three stars. The assignment is to simply write a diary entry from an everyday life of a Disney villain. I chose this because I love Disney and the villain aspect connects to the class theme.
Dear Diary,
Today was long. Diablo, my raven, has been ill and very difficult to care for. While I am trying to work and organize my shop I kept having to stop to deal with him. After several hours I had to break down and take him to a vet where they told me he simple had a cold and required some “simple” medicine. This simple medicine cost me over $300 on top of the $100 just to see the vet and the $250 for all the tests they ran.
I swear, if he was not my favorite creature I would not put up with it. As it is, I had to close down the magic shop for the day to take him, costing me so much money. SO many people believe that simple herbs are all they need to do magic and they will pay handsomely for the chance to possibly be able to practice magic. It is too bad that they have no idea that magic is something you must be born with, not something you can buy. It is lines my purse so who am i to complain. After taking Diablo to the vet I was forced to sit in the horrendous traffic on the way back. A few cars seemed to have radio malfunction when teenagers playing loud music pull up next to. Such an odd coincidence… hehe. It’s too bad that the radio couldn’t fix itself after they got away. But maybe it will teach them a lesson.
Now I am back home, finishing by dinner as Diablo rests. I fear I do not have time to write too much more because I have to care for Diablo.
Until next time…
Dear Diary…
Today, Tony Stark is going to destroy the legacy of myself and his father. He has decided to stop making military weapons and to start making something else… However, he won’t tell me what he’s going to make. I have a plan to ruin his products.
I will go to his home, into his lair, and take whatever it is I need to take to destroy his legacy. After I take his products, I will create my own products that replicate his and work to destroy his products by destroying him.
Tony Stark is working to smear my image, so I’m going to smear his first.
Other than working to destroy Stark, today, I ate pizza with the workers who are beneath me. They are so obnoxious and cannot do anything to save their lives. They don’t listen to me and talk when I’m trying to talk. I have thought about firing them, but when I steal Stark’s materials I will have no one to work with me… I don’t know what to do.
Yours truly,
Obadiah Stane
This week every assignment was pretty easy to figure out other than the smashup that I attempted to create this week but will hopefully post next week! It was taking me too long trying to get the beat and everything match and even since I wanted this to be a decent piece of music that I myself would want to listen to I am hoping to refine it next week and post it then! Also I have found a better program so hopefully that will help me. Some of the daily creates seemed a little difficult so I waited for easier ones to complete. For example I didn’t do the one where you had to morph your face into a fruit because I didn’t have the correct program on my computer. I also tried to download one but it did not work how I was expecting even while following a tutorial.
Assignments from the assignment bank:
I decided to do a Disney journal entry because I am a huge fan of Disney and love the character Merida from Brave. I don’t think that there is a true villain in the movie yes Mor’du is the evil character but he is not the one who caused problems. I believe that the villain in the movie is a more relatable evil that I interpreted to be her hurt feelings and obstinate nature turn to dislike and annoyance for her mother. This ever increasing dislike for each others viewpoints and their strong willed nature makes each have even stronger beliefs in their own position. They eventually end up not having or allowing any middle ground it is either their way or no way. This leads them to both doing something that they regret. Like when her mother throws her bow into the fire which is something that she cherishes deeply. Or when Merida decides to give her mother a potion to try and change her mind and turns her into a bear on accident. After her mother turns into a bear Merida learns that unless she can figure out the riddle her mother will become an actual wild beast instead of having her mind in the bears body. In the end the “villain” or the evil/bad feelings that they had about each other were defeated because by restoring their torn relationship she was able to change her mother back.
For another assignment I chose to create a postcard assignment because I have a picture that I am in love with from my trip to Italy. I thought it would turnout to be a really good postcard. It turns out I was right because I love the boarder and the font I chose I think it looks like it could be a legitimate postcard. For the boarder and the font added onto the photo I used a website called Canva which the creator of the assignment suggested and it worked great! I may even use the postcard to send to my family who went with me on my trip as a way to catch up and say hello!
For my third assignment I chose another movie/TV related subject with making my own family house based off the series Game of Thrones. I used a website where I could choose from different colors, backgrounds, symbols, and I was able to create my house’s own saying. It was a very cool and easy assignment though I enjoyed it and even shared it with my family who loved it. I am a Game of Thrones fan so this assignment really stuck out to me and I thought it would be a really cool thing to create!!
Daily Create Assignments:
For the first one I chose to do the 4th law of robots which I decided should be that they must be environmentally conscious. I chose this because I think they should make up for the problems that advances in technology and industry have created. By this I mean pollution that has been produced for a century by the factories that have lead to the creation of robots. I got the image off line because I wanted an example of what I was thinking but the idea was original.
For the second one I had my friend pronounce the word floccinaucinihilipilification while using it in a sentence. I decided to have her say it because she has so much personality that I knew hers would sound much better than my attempt! Plus I love her laugh so I hope you enjoy it!!
The third one I decided to do was the harsh truth poster I took mine a different route than most people. I wanted to have a more serious tone to what I was saying because I wanted people to stop and think about how this quote made them feel or what it made them realize. I chose a quote that meant people will never be happy only caring about what others think. I chose this quote because I have struggled with this idea for a long time. I know that the only persons whose opinion should matter is my own but its so easy to become caught up in all of the images of others peoples lives which you get caught comparing your own life to. It creates a place in your head that says you won’t ever be good enough but you need to accept yourself and see that the only person that matters who thinks that is yourself and to take a step back from societal expectations or standards. Hopefully one day I will be able to follow my own advice! I used a picture of myself and tried to make it moodier by darkening it and adding more shadows because I wanted not only the quote but the picture to have a feeling itself.
Overall I really enjoyed creating all of these things and have realized that I was supposed to post them when I finished them in a format like a blog not all in my reflection. Sorry I didn’t realize that until now I’m not sure how I managed to believe this was correct but next week will be in the correct way!
For this 3 point writing assignment, “Dear Diary…” (http://assignments.ds106.us/assignments/dear-diary/), I was encouraged to write a diary entry from the perspective of any Disney villain I choose. In an attempt at creative liberty, I chose villainess Mirage from Pixar’s “The Incredibles”. I justified this decision by the fact that Disney owns Pixar, and incorporates their merchandise within Disney theme parks and Disney games. While the animated film is not a traditional spy movie, I had the idea of focusing on Mirage’s shift into a “double agent” or spy working under Syndrome and ultimately betraying him (Incorporating our semester’s spy theme).
Next, I chose to focus on a diary entry which would occur directly after Mirage witnessed what she intuitively recognized as Mr. Incredible’s family be seemingly murdered (Children included). I wanted to delve into the psyche of Mirage, to figure out her justification for the clear involvement she had previously in the systematic murder of superheroes up until this point. Additionally, I wanted to see why this changed in the story as she chose to eventually become a double agent. Writing this wasn’t entirely difficult, but finding the correct character motivations for Mirage was a challenge. I would rank this assignment as average in difficulty. View my diary entry below.
Dear Diary…
Throughout my career in classified-security threats faced by the government, bleeding into my program management duties for Syndrome, I’ve always believed in the greater good. Natural selection is a powerful and dangerous concept when applied to the human race, as oppressors over the weak have permanently and repeatedly marked the history of our society throughout time with blood and cruelty. Legal precedence banning superheroes from vigilante work were a direct result of gross endangerment of human life on a consistent basis by superheroes. So, while not necessarily sanctioned by the government as the ideal method of handling the security threat of superheroes, Syndrome’s methodology still worked in favor of the interests of the non-superhero public. It was almost a test when I interacted with supers like Mr. Incredible; he could refute the idea of vigilante work sincerely when tempted, or suffer the consequences of valuing his own life above those of mere humans.Â
Yet, the button I pushed today killed not just mere humans, but the pinnacle of human innocence itself: children. I will eternally value human life above all else, and I knew firmly that Syndrome felt the same… until today. Reveling in his decision to murder innocents, he was thrown off-guard as Mr. Incredible lunged for him. When I blocked his attack, Syndrome encouraged him to bring me my death after hearing Mr. Incredible’ emotion-fueled threats. I felt as if I was looking at a miracle, but hadn’t understood it, when I stared up at Mr. Incredible after he released me from his hold. Valuing life is the mission of my life, and I don’t know what kind of mirage I’ve been content with living in until now.
Based on this scene:
Dear Maybelline,
The first thing I would say to you is, don’t listen to daddy. He will tell you many lies and lead you to believe that he will pay for everything. Which he will, but then control everything that posses you. Keep going in your horse competition, because you’re gonna go so far. And you’re gonna love it, you are gonna love the future and you’re gonna have a great husband – one who loves you really well. You’re gonna have amazing kids, who love you and give you a million hugs. So while the future is hard, it will be worth it for the family you have.
*I enjoyed this assignment, but I do wish that I had done it for myself and not my western character. It was 2 and a half stars, and with that completes my ten stars of assignment banks.
Dear Diary,
Kuzco is still Emperor. However, I plan to change this with my entirely new plan, ruining his groove. Kronk and I have been in the lab today and we have developed a new potion to completely ruin a persons rhythm. With this potion I should be able to stop Kuzco’s groove and then it will plunge him into a great depression. This depression will stop his ability to lead the Incan Empire. His inability to lead will make the perfect chance for me, the rightful lead of the empire, to swoop in and take my place as Empress. Will write back about the outcome and hopefully the next time I write I will be the Empress of the Incan Empire!
This was a writing assignment for Ds106 worth 3 stars known as “Dear Diary…”
September 8, 1989
Dear dairy;
Another boring day at the bottom of the ocean, how sweet will be to be able to walk the earth with the humans. I think it will be able to experience new thing and people may like me. Here, I am hated because I am octopus witch. I got a crystal ball and I can see what the little princesses are doing at the palace. Ariel, came today to ask me for a favor. AHHH!!! I do not do favors; she does not know it yet. She asked to be a human. OF course I did it, but I took her voice. She thinks that she can  be happy without a voice. Humans need it to interact with other people. If they see a person with a disability they pity that person. She will not be happy. Muahhh I want to see King Triton reaction when he does not find her little Ariel…. I have to go and find myself some more ingredients for my potions tomorrow because the little princess took almost everything…. It was worth it. But I also want to keep an eye on the palace, I want to see the commotion that will develop….
Ursula
This assignment was to write a diary entry from the perspective of a Disney’s villain. This assignment is worth 3 points
3 stars
For this assignment I did the writing assignment entitled “Dear Diary” but instead of doing this in the perspective of a Disney Villian, I am doing it in the perspective of my noir character Sylvia while using Lawrence, Tiffany Yowell’s character as my character’s love interest.
Dear Diary,
It’s me again. I know I haven’t written in awhile but between the visits to the Black Widow and the travelling around the globe to find the murderer of Jewel’s and My friend I haven’t found the time to write anything. Diary, I think I have a crush. These are words that I never thought would come out of my mouth. A CRUSH. His name is Lawrence. He’s so mysterious and handsome. He’s a murderer, just like me! Two peas in a pod, like grandmother always used to say. I couldn’t see myself falling in love again after all of the men who I have seen mistreat their women for me but this man, Diary, he’s different. He’s unique. He give me butterflies. He’s… someone I couldn’t see myself seducing with anyone else, I want him all to myself. Alllllll mine, Diary. Heck, the jealous is rumbling inside of me just telling you about him. I write all day for a living and this is something I have found the hardest to put pen to paper on.
I love him, but could he handle my maNOIRpulating lifestyle? Could I handle his mysterious darkness?
This is ridiculous, I know this will never work. I’m too much of an evil woman who will never halt to the thought of loving a single man. I love the thrill of the murder, the thrill of the chase.. I’m not ready to commit to anything besides a murder.
Yours truly, xoxo,
Sylvia